Bureau-trunk.



PATENTBD JUNE '2, l 903.

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BUREAU TRUNK. APPLICATION FILED 00T 18 1902 lo MODEL.

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inn STATS f Patented June-2,1903.

NATHAN BARUCH, or `Nnw YORK, Y.

BUREAU-TRUNK.l

ESPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent N o. 729,993, datedd'une 2, 1903. Application filed October 18, 1902. Serial No. 127,776. (No model.)

To all?, whom t may concern: L

Be it known that I, NATHAN BARUCH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Bureau-Trunk, of which the following is a clergymen, tto. 1

I will describe a bureau-trunk embodying my invention and then point outjthe novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompany/ing drawings, forming a part of this specication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theiigures. r

Figure 1 is a perspective view. of my improved trunk open land in use. Fig. 2 is a vertical section upon the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section showing the trunk as closed and ready'for shipment. v I

A box-like portion 1 is provided with a lid or top 2, which maybe of the usual construction, or it may be provided with bevels 3 4,

substantially as described inm'y other appli-4 cation, Serial No. 121,199, filed August 27,

1902. The body and lid portions may be connected together by means of brace members 5 6, these members'being-provided with pivots 7 and the member 6 being provided with a boss 8, all for the purpose of maintaining the lid in the position indicated in Fig. 1.

A bureau portion 9 is provided withJremovable drawers 10, these drawers having handles 11 for convenience.Y VThe removablev tray 12 is provided with handles 13 and`with a flat lid 14, the same preferably having the form of a mirror and serving as a lookingglass when the lid is open. Pivots 15 may be provided in the position indicated in Fig. 3 forthe purpose of supporting the hat-box This hat-box may be provided with a handle 17, whereby it may be readily opened. A pair of side plates 1S engage t-he pintles 19, which are rigidly secured within the box-like portion 1. Brackets 20 are mounted upon condition forshipment, the bolts 2l are drawn inwardly, the tray 12 is removed, the bureau portion 9 is swung downwardly into the position indicated in Fig. 3, the tray 12 is lowered edgewise into thespace shown as occupiedby it in Fig. 3, and the lid of the trunk,

carrying with it the hat-box 16, is lowered into the position indicated in Fig. 3, the bevelsurfaces 3 and 4'meeting each other. The portion of the lid adjacent to the hat-box 16 may be used as a wardrobe, as described in myother application above mentioned.

It 'will' benoted that the side plates 18 are v so shaped and so disposed that when the bubody of the trunk aspace is produced between the bureau portion and the end wall of Vthe body portion.l This space is exactly filled by the tray 12. When, however, .the bureau portion is swung upward into the position indicatedi'n Figs. 1 and 2, the face of the bureau portion comes flush with the end .ofthe trunk, so thatthe drawers of the bureau are close at hand and readily accessible to a person standing adjacent to the vfoot of the trunk. In otherwords, the space necessary for the tray 12 does not necessitate the= bureau portion 9 being placed so far back that a person would have to reach a considerable distance in order tov engage the handles ot the bureau-drawers. Upon the tray 12'being opened the mirrorllt is in proper rposition to serve'asa 1ooking-glass,as above explained. Of course'thebureau. portion may be used in connection with any desired type of trunk.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire tOsecure by Letters Patent- 1. A bureau-trunk, comprising a box-like portion, a bureau portion free to fit into the same, side plates mounted rigidly upon said bureau portion and projecting therefrom, said -reau portion is swung ldownwardly into the IOO side plates being provided with pintle-holes spaced asunder from said bureau portion, pintles lnounted Within said box-like portion and engaging said pintle-holes, and latch Inechanism for temporarily maintaining said portions in a predetermined relative position.

2. A bureau-trunk, comprising a box-like portion provided with side and end Walls, a bureau portion free to tit into said box-like portion, side plates mounted upon said bureau portion and projecting a little distance therefrom, said Side plates being provided with pintle-holes, pintles mounted in said side walls and disposed adjacent to one of said end walls but spaced therefrom, said pintles engaging said pintle-holes, the arrangement being such that said bureau portion is free to swinginto and out of said boxlike portion, and a separate receptacle movably occupying the space between said bureau portion and said end wall.

3. A btnean-trunk, comprising a box-like portion, a bureau portion pivotally mounted thereon, and a detachable receptacle engaging said box-like portion and said bureau portion, said receptacle serving to'lot-.k said bureau portion in position relatively to said box-like portion.

4. A lmreau-trlulk, comprising a box-like portion provided with side and end walls, a bureau portion free to fit into said box-like portion, longitudinal side walls mounted upon nmasses said bureau portion and extending a little distance therefrom, said side plates being provided with pintle-holes, pintles mounted upon said walls and disposed adjacent to one of said end walls but spaced therefrom, said pintles engaging pintle-holes, the arrangement being such that said bureau portion may be swung into and out of said box-like portion, and when swung said box-like por tion is spaced asunder from the end Wall thereof immediately adjacent, and a separate receptacle removably filling the space thus formed.

5. A lnireau-trunk, comprising a box-like portion provided with side and end Walls, a bureau portion free to fit into the same, and a pivotal connection engaging said side walls at a point a little removed from one of said end walls and also engaging said bureau portion, the arrangement being such that said bureau portion may be swung substantially to a right angle relatively to its normal position within said box-like portion, and when so swung may present a surface substantially flush with said end Wall.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

NATI-IAN BARUCH. lVituesses:

WAL'roN HARRISON, F. W. l-IANAFORD. 

